USC & Clemson await announcements

By Phil Kornblut

Announcement day has arrived for a Clemson and USC target. DL Ebenezer Ogundeko of Brooklyn will announce for either Clemson or Syracuse during the Under Armour Game in St. Petersburg, FL. That game will kickoff at 5:00 PM and be televised on ESPN. He has not publicly identified a favorite. Later Friday night, RB David Williams of Philadelphia will announce his commitment during the Semper Fidelis Game in Carson, CA. That game will kickoff at 9:00 PM on the NFL Network. Williams has been favoring USC over Penn State, Arizona State and Ohio State. Clemson will have one target announcing Saturday afternoon during the Army All American Game in San Antonio. Former commitment Demarcus Robinson of Fort Valley, GA is down to Clemson and Florida. Earlier this week he said he was favoring the Gators. That game will kickoff at Noon on NBC. USC target OL Na'Ty Rodgers of Pomfret, MD had planned to announce during the Under Armour Game but he announced via Twitter Thursday night that he will not announce then. He has narrowed his decision to USC and Maryland. He has taken an official visit to Maryland and is scheduled to visit USC January 19th.

OL Branton Autry (6-4 320) of Coffeyville JC, KS is getting a lot of interest from USC these days and when he gets around to deciding on official visits he will take this summer and fall, he's confident the Gamecocks will get one.

Laurens DB Thomas Jones (6-3 200) is gaining momentum in recruiting circles. He recently was offered by North Carolina and Saturday he picked up an offer from USC while attending a junior day. He also has offers from Duke, Charlotte and Miami of Ohio and Clemson is showing some interest. He plans to go to Clemson for the spring game April 11th.

6-4 Jamall Gregory of Washington, DC made an official visit to USC over the weekend with his mother and he's now ready to make his college decision. Gregory said he plans to decide between the Gamecocks and Kansas State between now and Wednesday. He has not yet visited Kansas State.

Goose Creek DE Javon Kinlaw (6-7 265) has had USC at the top of his list since the Gamecocks were the first to offer him in August 2014. And he went to the Gamecocks' junior day Saturday thinking he might be ready to commit. But that didn't happen Saturday and Kinlaw say no commitment is coming from him anytime soon.

Conway WR Bryan Edwards (6-3 208) attended USC's junior day Saturday with the Gamecocks and Georgia at the top of his list and hoping to get some clarity about his recruiting. Apparently things became real clear to him on this visit because Edwards committed to the Gamecocks.